Tutorium in Intensive English

Listening & Speaking 025

Spring 2015

Instructor: Trischa Duke

Office: 1333 S. Halsted St., Ste. 260
Phone: (312) 996-8098 (TIE office)
Email: tduke3@uic.edu
COURSE OUTLINE

GOALS: This is a listening and speaking course for students at the low intermediate level. By
the end of this course, it should be easier for you to describe yourself and other people, places,
and events, and to talk about the past and the future. You will also learn and practice expressions
that will help you communicate better in a variety of situations.
Your ability to understand descriptions, opinions, directions, conversations, and short lectures
should also improve. Besides focusing on listening and speaking, this course will also help you
improve your grammar skills through explanations and activities. Additionally, this course will
help you become more familiar with American culture through listening to conversations,
watching videos, and participating in discussions.
MATERIALS: The assigned textbook for this class is:
Interchange 2 Student's Book, (4th Edition) by Jack C. Richards
Full Contact Package with Self-study DVD-ROM
We recommend you buy a small notebook for writing down new vocabulary words.
You will have a lot of handouts in this class. Therefore, we suggest you buy a folder or a
3-ring binder to keep all of your handouts organized! J
YOU MUST HAVE NEW BOOKS!
METHODS: In this class, you will practice listening to each other, to recordings, and to
teachers. You will listen to recordings on CDs, textbook-related videos, Internet resources, and
movies. You will practice speaking through oral drills, pronunciation practice, short
conversations, discussions, role-plays, presentations (with a partner and individually) and other
activities. We will go to the computer lab once each week to use the Internet and the language
software that is available there.
You will use the workbook pages of your textbook to practice at home, and you will have other
listening and speaking homework, including a log, every week. Throughout the term, you will
work closely with your classmates in small and large group discussions. In this way, you will all
learn from each other.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: If you are 15 minutes late, you will be marked absent. If you are
late (less than 15 minutes) three times, this will equal one absence.
Students may be marked absent for not being prepared to participate in class and/or for not
participating during class.
Examples of non-participation include:
not being prepared for important class activities such as presentations or leadership roles
not having the necessary homework completed for a participatory class activity such as a
peer review for a presentation
sitting in class but not participating in class activities
not having new books
not bringing books to class

When a teacher notices instances of such behavior, the student will be warned the first time and
marked absent after that. Students are withdrawn from the Tutorium upon the 10th absence.
Students who are withdrawn for non-participation may not be allowed to re-enroll.
EVALUATION: You will receive formal evaluations in the middle of the course (midterms)
and at the end of the course (finals). You will receive a grade of S (Satisfactory) or
U (Unsatisfactory).
Student Learning Outcomes: Listening
A student who successfully completes 025 can, within 1 or 2 hearings, demonstrate
understanding of questions, main ideas and some details of brief 2-4 minute, simplified
conversations and other spoken language on familiar topics of personal and general interest.
Many successful students will be able to do more than this.
Assessing Achievement of Student Learning Outcomes
A final satisfactory grade requires satisfactory in at least 4 of these 6 areas:
Recognizes main ideas
Recognizes important details
Demonstrates understanding of key vocabulary
Makes inferences and listens critically
Recognizes basic features of pronunciation, stress, and intonation
Achieves a SLEP Listening score of 21 or higher
These grades will be based on at least 4 unit listening tests, and other activities, teacher
observation, and on the score from the listening section of the SLEP. 75% or better is considered
satisfactory for tests and assignments.
Student Learning Outcomes: Speaking
A student who successfully completes 025 can respond to familiar questions and talk to
classmates for about 5 minutes on topics from the textbook. Many successful students will be
able to do more than this.
Assessing Achievement of Student Learning Outcomes
A final satisfactory grade requires satisfactory in at least 3 of these 5 areas:
Speaks fluently
Demonstrates control of grammar
Makes appropriate word choices
Demonstrates control of pronunciation
Communicates appropriately in pair and group interactions
These grades will be based on at least 4 speaking evaluations, other activities, and teacher
observation. 75% or better is considered satisfactory for tests and assignments.
A score of 75% is considered satisfactory for tests in this class.
A student must have a satisfactory grade in both listening and speaking to pass the class.
Class Performance:
You will also receive a grade of S (Satisfactory) or U (Unsatisfactory) for each of the following:
Homework (based on regular completion and quality of homework)
Class Participation (based on teacher observation of student work during class
activities)
o Please do NOT use your phone during class unless we are doing an activity
and I tell you it is OK to use your phone. If your phone becomes a problem. I

will keep it until class is over.

o Remember that this is English class. It is important to speak ONLY English.
This class has students from different countries. English is the only language
we all know.
025 SPRING 2014 CLASS SCHEDULE
(some events/activities are tentative and may change as needed)
Week
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7

Week 8
Week 9
Week 10

Class Activities
Pretests
Unit 1
HOLIDAY- NO CLASSES ON MONDAY
Unit 2 and 3
Unit 3
Partner Presentation #1 (U.S. city)
Listening/Grammar Test (Units 1, 2 and 3)
Unit 4
Unit 5
Class Potluck
Unit 5
Midterm Speaking Test Thursday (Units 1-5)
Midterm Listening/Grammar Test Monday (Units 4 and 5
with review from 1-3)
Unit 6
Midterm Evaluations and Conferences Thursday
Unit 8
Unit 7
Partner Presentation #2 (How to)
Listening/Grammar Test (Units 6, 7 and 8)
Unit 12

Week 11

Unit 10
Presentation #3

Week 12

SLEP Test
Unit 13
Class field trip: Movie theater
Unit 13
Final Speaking Test Wednesday (Units 6-8 and 10, 12 and
13)
Final Listening/Grammar Test Thursday (Units 10, 12 and
13 with review from 6-8)

Week 13